A small gathering of the best  13 Metal text tutorials available on the internet. Photoshop power!  

13 Metal Text Tutorial

How to Create Eroded Metal Text With Photoshop

In this tutorial I’ll show you how to create an eroded metal text effect. Throughout this tutorial we’ll make use of various drawing techniques, channels, and patterns. Let’s get started!

Grungy Rusted Carbon Fiber Text EffectIn this Etc Tutorial we will be creating a grungy rusted carbon fiber text effect. We will also be creating the accompanying rusted metal background effect seen in the preview.

How to Create High Quality Metal 3D Text in PhotoshopMost of you probably know those awesome letters that were generated with 3D programs. But what about when you don’t have any particular program and you need to make 3D typography? This tutorial will show you how to create the 3D text shape and give it a high quality metal look using pure Photoshop. Check it out!

How To Create Killer Metallic Text – Part 1

I know that many of you have seen tutorials all over the place that describe how to create metallic text with Photoshop. Well, I’m here to show you how to make Killer Metallic Text and I’m going to toss in a cool background and a reflection effect. So over this two part tutorial you actually get three tutorials for the price of one. How’s that sound? Along with this tutorial I will make the final Photoshop (.psd) file available for download. I know that sometimes it is easier to figure out how something works by taking it apart first. Note: Throughout the tutorial I will give you keyboard shortcuts for picking tools or performing commands. They will be listed in parenthesis next to the task.

Metal Text Tutorial
We’re going to try to get a really metallic chrome effect on our text, using curves and other features in Photoshop.

Laser-Cut Metal

Ever wanted to be a professional thief? Cracking open safes, robbing banks? Not such a good idea, but why take the risk of getting caught if you can fake it? I’m going to teach you how to make a nice laser cut on a metal surface, with all the effects you get when you do it. To keep it realistic, I’m not going into creating the laser itself – In reality you can’t actually see the laser, so why bother making it?

Rough Metal Photoshop Text Effect Tutorial

Let’s create a rough metal text effect, we’re going to use a metal texture I’ve explained in detail in a previous tutorial.

Chrome and Glossy Plastic Text Effect

Are you in the mood for some glossy plastic and reflective chrome text effect? I bet you do. Chrome effects are very difficult to create because chrome has no color at all. It’s all about reflections. Glossy plastics are a bit easier, but tricky as well.

So, let’s learn how some advanced Photoshop Layer Styles tricks to create some stunning chrome and plastic text effect.

Chrome text

Not all of us have those great plug-in filters, and here I’ll show you how to make some realistic chrome effect. Ready?

Chained metal text photoshop tutorialThis Photoshop tutorial will show you how to create text wrapped in chains.

Drawing Spiderman Logo in Photoshop

In this tutorial, we’ll take a look at how to create the logo of one of the most anticipated movie coming to screen this season – Spiderman 3.

Photoshop Tutorial: Highlighted Chrome

Create some cool smooth chrome with soft blue highlights, great as a text effect or on all kinds of other… eh, chrome stuff.

Star Wars Metal Effect

In this tutorial we will be working on a Star Wars text effect.